Re: "The Gentleman's game"- Cricket - World Cup 2019 Special

by El Gunner Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:16 am

Haven't watched cricket in a while.
Has the SA team regressed? Last time I checked, they had some pretty good bowlers in Rabada and Tahir.

by Jay29 Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:00 am

The England game was the first I've seen of them in a while. Rabada is quality, one of the best death bowlers around at the moment, and Tahir is good as well. They didn't look great in the field, though, and their batting made England's attack look a lot better than it probably is (even with Jofra Archer added to the mix). I think NZ have more about them so I'm backing them to join the "big three" instad of SA.

by Doc Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:04 pm

I mean, no way NZ fk up their great bowling with shit batting.

by RealGunner Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:46 pm

New Zealand...jesus what a performance... Thought Pakistan got destroyed but Sri Lanka were even worse

by RealGunner Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:54 pm

Looking at Afghanistan as one of the minnows right now...do you all remember when Zimbabwe had a good team back in the days? Was a lowkey fan of Andy and Grant flower (one of the few successes in terms of both brothers making it), Streak as well. They weren't great but capable of causing upsets.

Haven't heard of them in a long time.

by Jay29 Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:25 pm

Seems they have a lot of financial problems and can't field a competitive team. I remember the Flower brothers well since both of them played for Essex at the time I was getting into cricket, though I saw Grant more than Andy. Andy Flower coached England, of course.

by Lucifer Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:45 pm

I am little away from cricket nowadays but you guys have hyped it up for me. Guess will be watching tomorrows match. Whoever is playing.

by Lucifer Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:47 pm

RealGunner wrote:Looking at Afghanistan as one of the minnows right now...do you all remember when Zimbabwe had a good team back in the days? Was a lowkey fan of Andy and Grant flower (one of the few successes in terms of both brothers making it), Streak as well. They weren't great but capable of causing upsets.

Haven't heard of them in a long time.

Good ol'days FFS. Do you remember olonga? Fecker eliminated us from world cup. Also streak was such a underrated bowler. One of the best swinger of ball imo.

by RealGunner Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:42 pm

Lucifer wrote:
RealGunner wrote:Looking at Afghanistan as one of the minnows right now...do you all remember when Zimbabwe had a good team back in the days? Was a lowkey fan of Andy and Grant flower (one of the few successes in terms of both brothers making it), Streak as well. They weren't great but capable of causing upsets.

Haven't heard of them in a long time.

Good ol'days FFS. Do you remember olonga? Fecker eliminated us from world cup. Also streak was such a underrated bowler. One of the best swinger of ball imo.

Yep he was talked amongst the underrated bowlers. I mostly remember him because of how much i liked his name. Ntini as well from SA if you remember lol

by RealGunner Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:44 pm

The new format is a bit weird. Not sure why India are playing so late or why a lot of teams play their 2nd match before they play their first

by Jay29 Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:42 am

Maybe something to do with the venue? I honestly don't know.

I was just looking at England's schedule. Australia, India and New Zealand are their last three games in the group.

Getting South Africa out the way early may be a blessing. It means we play Pakistan, Bangladesh, Windies, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka all in a row and have a good chance of racking up the points before it gets really tough.

by S Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:53 am

What about the opening ceremony though Laughing

One of the worst opening ceremonies I've ever seen for a major event. Shocking stuff. And an extremely cringeworthy theme song to go along with it.

Did ECB/ICC lack the budget or something ?

by S Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:55 am

Jay29 wrote:Maybe something to do with the venue? I honestly don't know.

I was just looking at England's schedule. Australia, India and New Zealand are their last three games in the group.

Getting South Africa out the way early may be a blessing. It means we play Pakistan, Bangladesh, Windies, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka all in a row and have a good chance of racking up the points before it gets really tough.

Regardless, England should be breezing past most teams in this competition

This is the best England team ever assembled and I would be surprised if at worst, they don't make the final.

by Jay29 Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:24 pm

I'd go a step further and say anything but winning the whole thing would be disappointing for England. Not that there so much better than the competition, but with home advantage and the quality they have in the team, there's no better time to win something.

by Doc Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:05 pm

I really have been behind in my cricket because I didn't know Bangladesh has been this good at white ball cricket. Or maybe outside of Ngidi, SA just aren't that good at bowling or fielding with all due respect to Tahir. I've been watching him since I was in Secondary school ffs.

by RealGunner Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:16 pm

Bangladesh have been quite formidable for the last 2 years or two. I am sure they are like in the top half of the ODI ranking.

But this is one of their best innings still. Exceptional by the middle order.

by S Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:21 pm

Superb batting by Bangladesh but still looking at the pitch and how fast the outfield is, this should be chasable imo.

Weird decision to bowl first though.

SA don't look all that great at all.

by M99 Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:24 pm

Amazing batting performance. Really optimistic about this game.

by Doc Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:41 pm

Would like to thank Sky Sports for reminding me of the Australia/SA semis in '99 where in the jaws of victory, McDonald snatched defeat in the dumbest of ways. In case anyone forgot (like me):

by RealGunner Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:50 pm

Doc wrote:Would like to thank Sky Sports for reminding me of the Australia/SA semis in '99 where in the jaws of victory, McDonald snatched defeat in the dumbest of ways. In case anyone forgot (like me):

jesus...

by RealGunner Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:30 pm

what a name 'Faf du Plessis' is ffs

by M99 Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:16 pm

Shakib is the fastest player to reach 5000 ODI runs and 250 wickets simultaneously. Best all rounder in the world.

by RealGunner Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:19 pm

His bowling has been fantastic

by S Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:26 pm

Seems like Faf is going to take this game away from Bangladesh

100 incoming

by S Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:30 pm

S wrote:Seems like Faf is going to take this game away from Bangladesh

100 incoming

Dat Jinx

by RealGunner Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:31 pm

Massive massive wicket

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